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kickshaw
OXFORD DICTIONARY
kickshaw, n.
1 archaic, usu. derog. a fancy dish in cookery.
2 something elegant but insubstantial; a toy or trinket.
1 archaic, usu. derog. a fancy dish in cookery.
2 something elegant but insubstantial; a toy or trinket.
Etymology
F quelque chose something
THESAURUS
kickshaw
a continental, a curse, a damn, a darn, a hoot, agate, ambrosia, bagatelle, ball, baseball bat, bat, battledore, bauble, bean, bibelot, bit, blocks, bonne bouche, brass farthing, bric-a-brac, button, cate, cent, checkerboard, chessboard, choice morsel, club, cockhorse, cricket bat, cue, curio, dainty, delicacy, dessert, doll, doll carriage, farce, farthing, feather, fig, fleabite, folderol, fribble, frippery, gaud, gewgaw, gimcrack, golf club, goody, hair, halfpenny, hill of beans, hobbyhorse, jack-in-the-box, jacks, jackstones, jackstraws, jest, joke, knack, knickknack, knickknackery, manna, marble, marionette, mig, minikin, mockery, molehill, morsel, nectar, paper doll, peppercorn, picayune, pick-up sticks, pin, pinch of snuff, pinprick, pinwheel, plaything, puppet, racket, rag doll, rap, red cent, rocking horse, row of pins, rush, savory, shit, snap, sneeshing, sou, sport, steelie, straw, taw, teetotum, tidbit, titbit, top, toy, toy soldier, treat, trifle, trinket, triviality, tuppence, two cents, twopence, whim-whamFor further exploring for "kickshaw" in Webster Dictionary Online